Radio and television application (RNTApp)
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2013-04
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In Ghana, many media houses, both radio and television, have sprung up
and thus have increased the level of competition amongst them.
Advertisement is one area where media houses try to have an edge over
their competitors. Some media houses advertise their programs in
newspapers whiles others do so on billboards. However these methods of
advertisement are expensive and media houses cannot do it as often. Media
houses also advertise programs that involve the participation of viewers and
listeners such as commenting on programs and voting. Both of these
activities involve viewers and listeners memorizing some name or code of
some sought which creates a problem. In the case of commenting on
programs, viewers and listeners have to memorize social media profile
names of the media house they are commenting into. Voting for nominees of
reality shows for instance also involves viewers and listeners memorizing
short codes for their preferred nominee. Another problem is created when
viewers and listeners miss their favourite programs. The RNTApp is a radio
and television application which seeks to address all these problems. Media
houses now will only have to upload their program schedules into a database
created for them without incurring any costs. Viewers and listeners no more
have to memorize social media profile names as it would be provided by the
media houses in the application. Voting for nominees is made simple with the
names and the pictures of nominees listed instead of memorizing short
codes. With RNTApp, viewers and listeners will be able to set reminders of
favourite programs they would not want to miss. The RNTApp benefits both
media houses and viewers and listeners and will enrich viewer and listener
participation into programs aired by media houses which will also enrich the
programs in effect.
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Applied project submitted to the Department of Computer Science, Ashesi University College, in partial fulfillment of Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, April 2013
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radio, television, social media, mobile app, Ghana